AI Science Lead: LLMs, Agentic Systems & Production AI

NAB; Canberra; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

NAB is seeking a Head of AI Science to lead the development of next-generation AI capabilities from NAB’s AI team in Australia. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building production-grade, safe and reliable AI systems, guiding a high-performing data science team to deliver customer and business value across NAB’s AI portfolio.

The role requires deep expertise in LLMs, agentic systems, and retrieval-augmented generation, with a strong ML background and proven production deployment

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in LLMs, agentic systems, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation.
• Proven experience designing and deploying AI systems in production environments.
• Strong hands-on background in ML with depth in optimisation or reinforcement learning.
• Solid foundations in statistics, probability and experimental design.
• Experience leading or mentoring high-performing data science teams.
• Ability to operate across AI research and engineering implementation.
• Strong communication skills to translate complex concepts into business impact.
• Relevant degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design agent-based AI systems powering NAB’s core AI products.
• Define prompting strategies, orchestration patterns, and context management approaches.
• Lead technical design decisions ensuring AI systems are safe, accurate, and reliable.
• Translate AI architecture into production systems in partnership with engineering teams.
• Drive delivery of advanced AI solutions through a high-performing data science team.
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and business to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Champion innovation through experimentation and continuous improvement.

Skills

LLMs

Agentic systems

Prompt engineering

Retrieval-augmented generation

Machine learning

Optimization

Reinforcement learning

Statistics

Experiment design

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics

Job description

NAB is seeking a Head of AI Science to lead the development of next-generation AI capabilities from NAB’s AI team in Australia. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building production-grade, safe and reliable AI systems, guiding a high-performing data science team to deliver customer and business value across NAB’s AI portfolio.

The role requires deep expertise in LLMs, agentic systems, and retrieval-augmented generation, with a strong ML background and proven production deployment